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Offset or Off-Set may refer to:
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Offset (botany) , a separable part of a plant that can develop into a new, independent plant
Offset (computer science) , the distance to (displacement of) an element within a data object
Offset (gears) , the perpendicular distance between the axes of hypoid or offset-facing gears
Offset (geometry), see
parallel curve
Offset (geophysics), the
distance between a source and receiver of seismic or other geophysical readings
DC bias or DC offset, the mean amplitude of a waveform (originally, a direct-current ("DC") waveform)
Displacement (vector) or "offset", the position of a point or a particle in reference to an origin or to a previous position
Frequency offset , the difference between a source and a reference frequency
Offset dish antenna , a type of satellite dish
Phase offset, see
phase (waves)
Other uses
Offset (law) , a reduction in the amount to be paid by a losing party on the basis of debt owed by the prevailing party
Carbon offset , a financial instrument meant to aid efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Offset agreement , a trade practice in the aerospace and defense industry
Offset loan (finance) , a type of flexible lending arrangement
Offset printing , a printing technique where an inked image is transferred from plate to printing surface via a rubber blanket
UTC offset , time difference at a certain place from Coordinated Universal Time
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Topics referred to by the same term